2010 DVDs

20/12/2010 … Though the music is warm, and comedian Helen Arney’s voice soulful, this collection of Christmas ditties is a dispiriting affair, with its relentless references to family arguments, miserable presents and dull food.

17/12/2010 … ‘I don't like the term young comedian,’ says 20-year-old Bo Burnham.

14/12/2010 … Let's talk about sex… As that’s pretty much all American comic Mitch Fatel does.

10/12/2010 … Danny Bhoy makes no bones about the fact this DVD, recorded in Montreal, is aimed at the US market.

09/12/2010 … Never mind the grandstanding ‘Hello Dublin!’ style introductions, Simon Amstell kicks off his show as he means to go on: ‘I’m lonely, let's start with that, shall we?’Those who’ve brought Do Nothing because they enjoyed his acidic sniping at celebrities on Never Mind The Buzzcocks might be in for a surprise; but those who’ve followed his stand-up career, or enjoyed the domestic niggles of his sitcom Grandma’s House will be familiar with the introspective tone here.

07/12/2010 … Every comic works best in a smaller room, but ­– on the evidence of this DVD at least – Bill Bailey can make Dublin’s 9,500-seater O2 Arena seem as intimate as a theatre the tenth the size, while losing nothing of the sense of occasion.

03/12/2010 … There’s an inevitable scene in Journey Of The Childmen in which screaming young fans, many dressed up for the occasion, mob the Mighty Boosh boys’ car as they leave a book-signing.

02/12/2010 … Tim Minchin’s really spoiling us with this year’s DVD, capturing a barnstormer of a gig, with one tour-de-force number after another.